Peter Elias’ Family History (Continued)
Peter Elias’ Family History (Continued)
Eleventh Generation
Gillis Jansen married Aeltje HENDRICKS.
They had one child:
873i.
Child:
874i.
1776. Abraham SHOTWELL. Born ca 1624 in England. Abraham died in Woodbridge, Somerset County, NJ, ca 1680; he was 56.
Was in Elizabeth Town, NJ as early as 1665, when on 19 Fbruary he was fourth on the list of 65 persons who took thee oath of allegiance to King Charles II of England, and to the Proprietors of the province. He was the owner of 5 acres of valuable land in the center of town.
There are several traditions about the origin of the name. Some have claimed it was “Shadwell”
and others have said than an ancestor was an archer in a contest where the King said: “Shot well!”
Abraham Shotwell was probably among the Englishmen who fled Great Britain after the death of Cromwell and the restoration of Charles II to the throne. He was a bold and outspoken man against the “tyrannical and oppressive exactions” enforced by the Governor, Captain Philip Carteret. He went into exile (there is an undocumented story about a personal altercation with Carteret in which Shotwell threw him into a creek!) and his valuable property was sold at auction and acquired by Carteret on 25 April 1675. He retired to New York where he resided until his death around 1680 on a tract of land near what became the Brooklyn Bridge.
Abraham married Unknown *SHOTWELL.
1778. John BURTON, son of 3556. John BURTON & 3557. Elizabeth BURTON*. Born ca 1648. John died in Christ Church, Barbados, in Feb 1678; he was 30.
John married Agnes BURTON*.
They had one child:
889i.
Elizabeth (ca1652-)
Made Freeman at Lynn, MA on 2 May 1638; he had parcels of 10 and 30 acres at the time. In 1645 he was in Flushing, LI as one of the original eighteen patentees named on 19 October 1645 by Governor Kieft. In 1646 he was granted a plantation at Gravesend. In 1657 he was one of the proprietors at Jamaica, NY and resided there for some time. Probably he was the ancestor of all the early Thornes who lived in southern New York. Probably buried on the grounds of the Friends Meeting House at Flushing, LI.
William married Sarah THORNE*.
They had the following children:
i.
John (1643-1709)
ii.
Samuel (1657-1732)
iii.
William
iv.
Susannah
890v.
Joseph (1647-1727)
1782. John BOWNE, son of 3564. Thomas BOWNE & 3565. Mary BOWNE*. Born on 9 May 1627 in Lime Tree Farm, Mattock, Derbyshire, ENG. Christened on 29 May 1627 in Mattock, Derbyshire, ENG. John died in Flushing, LI, NY, on 20 Dec 1695; he was 68. Buried on 23 Dec 1695 in Flushing, LI, NY.
Arrived in Boston circa 1648; returned to England 1650 and returned again to America arriving in Boston 25 July 1651 and visiting Flushing 15 August 1651 with Edward Farrington. His family soon thereafter settled in Flushing. He built a house in 1661.
On 7 Jul 1656 when John was 29, he married Hannah FEAKE in Flushing, LI, NY.
They had the following children:
i.
John (1656-1673)
ii.
Elizabeth (1658-1721)
891iii.
Mary Johanna (1660-1728)
iv.
Abigail (1662-1688)
v.
Hannah (1665-1707)
vi.
Samuel (1667-1745)
vii.
Dorothy (1669-)
viii.
Martha Johanna (1673-1750)
1783. Hannah FEAKE, daughter of 3566. Lieutenant Robert FEAKE & 3567. Elizabeth FONES. Born in Jun 1637 in Watertown, Middlesex County, MA. Hannah died in London, Middlesex, ENG, on 2 Dec 1678; she was 41.